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24 Nov 2020

NGOs call for revised ISO International Standard for food products suitable for Vegan consumers

On 24 November 2020, SAFE and 4 of its members sent a joint letter to the ISO TC 34 concerning the draft ISO/DIS 23662 on the definitions and technical criteria for foods and food ...

Tags: ISO, Members, SAFE, Vegan

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20 Nov 2020

#WeValueTrueNatural, a campaign from SAFE to call for a definition of ‘natural’

In the European Green Deal, the Commission presented a strategy aiming at transforming the EU into a resource-efficient and sustainable society by 2050. One of the main initiatives...

Tags: European Commission, European Parliament, F2F strategy, green deal, Natural

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12 Nov 2020

UK proposes to ban all online advertisements of junk food

The UK government has recently introduced a proposal to restrict all online advertisements of food products that are high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS). This measure is a part of t...

Tags: Obesity, overweight, UK, unhealthy food

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05 Nov 2020

UK health professions call for climate tax on food with high environmental impacts

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) has recently published a report calling the government to impose a food carbon tax on all food producers by 2025 if they do not ta...

Tags: carbon tax, Climate Change, Environment, food consumption, plant-based

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02 Nov 2020

CSOs call for Withdrawal of the EC proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy

On 30 October, CSOs wrote to EC President von der Leyen to call on the European Commission to withdraw its proposal on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to safeguard th...

Tags: Agriculture, CAP, European Commission, NGOs

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23 Oct 2020

European Parliament rejects ban on ‘veggie burgers’

On Friday 23 October, the European Parliament plenary session rejected AM165 to the Agricultural products’ list within the Common Market Organisation file of the Common Agric...

Tags: Dairy, European Parliament, plant-based, Vegan, Vegetarian

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21 Oct 2020

Microplastic particles can now be found in human organs

Microplastic and nanoplastic particles can now be observed in human organs thanks to a new technique. Microplastics have polluted the entire planet, yet their potential impact on h...

Tags: BPA, health, microplastics, Plastics, recycled plastic

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20 Oct 2020

Report says supermarkets can help tackle obesity

A trial in English supermarkets on placing unhealthy products differently in supermarkets to tackle obesity has shown some promising results. The one year trial led to increased fr...

Tags: Consumers, junk food, Obesity, Supply Chain, UK

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14 Oct 2020

European Commission publishes its chemicals strategy

The EC published its new Chemicals Strategy on the 14th October (read it here). The EU chemicals strategy aims to address the cumulative and combined effects of chemicals, includin...

Tags: chemicals, EFSA, European Commission, green deal, Pesticides

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08 Oct 2020

England’s Public Health body reports on sugar reduction plans

Food companies have only managed a 3% sugar reduction in food products, Public Health England (PHE) reported in a report assessing its voluntary sugar reduction plan from 2015 to 2...

Tags: cardiovascular diseases, NCDs, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar, Sugar tax, UK

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08 Oct 2020

European Parliament supports objections on E171 and Acrylamide

On 7 October 2020, the plenary session of the European Parliament supported two objections opposing two Commission regulation on E171 (Titanium Dioxide in food) and acrylamide. Thi...

Tags: Acrylamide, E171, European Parliament, titanium dioxide

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05 Oct 2020

Bayer GMO gets EC approval

The European Commission worringly authorised a genetically modified soybean for food and feed, but not cultivation, on 28 September 2020. This soybean, the XtendFlex, was approved ...

Tags: Bayer, European Commission, Glyphosate, GMO, Soybean